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India, Pakistan would still be at war if not for my intervention, says Trump

India and Pakistan would still be warring with each other if not for his intervention, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday. The U.S. President made the remarks before beginning talks with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer at Trump Turnberry golf course in Scotland.

The President repeated his claim that he used trade as leverage to get New Delhi and Islamabad to stop fighting in early May this year, after terrorists opened fire and killed 26 civilians in Pahalgam. New Delhi has consistently denied Trump’s claims that he was instrumental in bringing about the May 10 ceasefire between the two countries.

“If I weren’t around, you’d have, right now, six major wars going on. India would be fighting with Pakistan,” Trump said, standing between Starmer and his wife, Victoria Starmer, whom the President was hosting at Turnberry, where he is on a private visit.

“I think a very big one was India and Pakistan, because that’s you’re talking about two nuclear nations. That was a very big one,” he said. “And I use...not in all cases...but I use a combination of knowing them a little bit or, in some cases, knowing them a lot,” Trump said, specifically pointing out that he knew the leaders of India and Pakistan very well.

Meanwhile, during a special discussion on Operation Sindoor in the Parliament, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar vehemently asserted that Washington did not play any role in ending the India-Pakistan conflict in May and said there was no phone call between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump during those crucial weeks.